Ireland coach Eddie O’Sullivan is backing rugby league convert Brian Carney to rise to the challenge of breaking into the Test team.
O’Sullivan jets off to Buenos Aires today for Ireland’s two-Test tour of Argentina with a largely second-string squad, including Carney, hoping to push for a World Cup-squad place.
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